All Discussions Tagged 'goddidit' - Atheist Nexus2017-09-26T20:20:49Zhttp://atheistnexus.org/group/originsuniverselifehumankindanddarwin/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=goddidit&feed=yes&xn_auth=noAtheist Sees Image of the Creation of the World in a Piece of Burnt Toasttag:atheistnexus.org,2011-08-20:2182797:Topic:15569182011-08-20T11:57:12.113ZDr. Terence Meadenhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/DrTerenceMeaden
<p>BURNT TOAST AND GODDIDNOTDOIT: <em>Atheist Sees Image of the 'Birth of Earth' in Burnt Toast</em></p>
<p>Yes it’s true.</p>
<p>This genuine picture was photographed in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England by atheist scientist Dr. Terence Meaden earlier this month.</p>
<p>He could barely withhold his excitement.</p>
<p>“I was having breakfast when this piece of ciabatta toast got burnt,” he said. “Suddenly I was aware that the pattern of light and darkness across the toast resembled what…</p>
<p>BURNT TOAST AND GODDIDNOTDOIT: <em>Atheist Sees Image of the 'Birth of Earth' in Burnt Toast</em></p>
<p>Yes it’s true.</p>
<p>This genuine picture was photographed in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England by atheist scientist Dr. Terence Meaden earlier this month.</p>
<p>He could barely withhold his excitement.</p>
<p>“I was having breakfast when this piece of ciabatta toast got burnt,” he said. “Suddenly I was aware that the pattern of light and darkness across the toast resembled what could have been a visible manifestation of primeval events at the time that planet Earth was forming four and a half billion years ago.</p>
<p><a href="http://api.ning.com:80/files/NXuaI8oVjMoB7PtF6yFbm5uQHvU442QA9nb9EEAZ7B3B-FXb9gOSkYth6uAIFd1h*oj8fYYtFOX6Pt6V0aCbZgrEHPMOGwX5/BurntToastpictureofthebirthofEarth.jpg" target="_self"><img src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/NXuaI8oVjMoB7PtF6yFbm5uQHvU442QA9nb9EEAZ7B3B-FXb9gOSkYth6uAIFd1h*oj8fYYtFOX6Pt6V0aCbZgrEHPMOGwX5/BurntToastpictureofthebirthofEarth.jpg?width=750" width="750" class="align-full"/></a><em><span class="font-size-2">Genuine unretouched photograph, copyright G.T. Meaden</span></em></p>
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<p>Physicist Dr. G. Terence Meaden from Oxford University continued, “I feel humbled that I should have been chosen to receive this vision and expression of non-godist reality in this unexpected way. It is plainly a subtle manifestation of the high principle of atheism that <i>goddidnotdoit.”</i></p>
<p>It is likely to make national headlines as this sensational story spreads through the rationalist community of nonbelievers in godism. Goddidit followers may be unhappy about it though, but after all—if one imitates their sloppy use of the word ‘theory’—then “goddidit is only a ‘theory’, seeing that gods are mere constructs of the human mind”.</p>
<p>“It is exciting because this piece of toast was absolutely genuine. No trickery. It happened, just like that”, said Dr. Meaden—a Tommy Cooper fan.</p>
<p>“You can see a representation of the birthing planet taking in asteroid-size spherical fragments as Young Earth spins and grows into the big planet that we know today.”</p>
<p>We may expect the story to go worldwide as non-acceptors of godism take note. “All I can say is you gotta believe this, because it happened. I have always concurred with the scientific truths of the Aged Earth theory because proven scientific facts are right. Some years ago* a worthy atheist reported an image of burnt toast as depicting the Big Bang, but no photograph was ever produced—so perhaps that account was satirical. Mine is not. I have the picture to prove it."</p>
<p>So can we see the toast, this remarkable vision?</p>
<p>“I’m afraid the photograph is all that remains. The experience so overwhelmed me that, stunned and unthinkingly, I photographed it, buttered it and ate it. But I do have the negative of the original photograph, and the satisfaction of having actually eaten a piece of a nongod.”</p>
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<p>* namely <a href="http://www.satireandcomment.com/0208toast.html">http://www.satireandcomment.com/0208toast.html</a> where a pictureless image of the Big Bang was reported some years ago.</p>
<p><a href="http://api.ning.com:80/files/AKlDV8PLkMkLFODOcumFMq5ioJbCZ*ZnSLsac*6T4cqOnvYja6hApWOLdKA*W8QJiT-pKMcMX5vyJICdWjEdzLMjqcxUtn9*/Terencein2006atBradfordonAvoncloseup3.jpg" target="_self"><img src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/AKlDV8PLkMkLFODOcumFMq5ioJbCZ*ZnSLsac*6T4cqOnvYja6hApWOLdKA*W8QJiT-pKMcMX5vyJICdWjEdzLMjqcxUtn9*/Terencein2006atBradfordonAvoncloseup3.jpg" width="253" class="align-full"/></a></p> ORIGINS OF RELIGION, 11: GODDIDITtag:atheistnexus.org,2009-01-25:2182797:Topic:2063542009-01-25T21:04:50.780ZDr. Terence Meadenhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/DrTerenceMeaden
ORIGINS OF RELIGION, 11: GODDIDIT<br />
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Long ago when <i>Homo sapiens</i> was not advanced and humans began questioning why they were there and what or who made the universe, some bright individual—the first shaman?—answered the equivalent of “God did it”.<br />
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His or her simplicity was excusable because they were early times. What’s inexcusable is that many people in our world’s scientifically advanced, highly-educated countries still resort to “Goddidit”.<br />
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Wiktionary summarises the sardonic…
ORIGINS OF RELIGION, 11: GODDIDIT<br />
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Long ago when <i>Homo sapiens</i> was not advanced and humans began questioning why they were there and what or who made the universe, some bright individual—the first shaman?—answered the equivalent of “God did it”.<br />
<br />
His or her simplicity was excusable because they were early times. What’s inexcusable is that many people in our world’s scientifically advanced, highly-educated countries still resort to “Goddidit”.<br />
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Wiktionary summarises the sardonic alternative:<br />
“Goddidit”, as now used, “is a sarcastic assertion that because something has not been satisfactorily explained by science, it is therefore evidence of God”.<br />
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Some references:<br />
Dec 7, 1997, Chris Kennedy, Fighting something that doesn't exist, alt.atheism:<br />
“Yes, well, I'm not surprised. I'll bet a lot of things are puzzling to you. But you can just say goddidit and forget about them, can't you?”<br />
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Apr 28, 1998, Kevin Jaget, Either God or matter has existed for eternity, talk.atheism:<br />
“Anything we can possibly observe can be explained by Goddidit, after the fact. If it rains, goddidit. If it didn't, goddidit. If the Earth is round, goddidit. If the Earth isn't round, goddidit. It explains everything, but predicts nothing, and is therefore a totally content-free statement”.<br />
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Sep 10, 1999, Al Klein, Recreating the Origins of Life, alt.talk.creationism:<br />
“How did whales survive in a fresh-water ocean for a year? Goddidit. How did any totally impossible thing happen?”<br />
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2003, Leslie G. Howarth, Genesis 2.0: The Search for the Truth Continues, p. 188:<br />
“The search for the truth is not over yet. In the previous chapter I described how creationism believes the opposite and tends to argue against science rather than providing answers to critical questions, usually falling back upon its untested and unproven "Goddidit" hypothesis”.<br />
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Then next—on looking at <a href="http://www.rationalwiki.com/">www.rationalwiki.com/</a><br />
we find<br />
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“Goddidit is essentially the simplest possible explanation for the universe. It is the answer to every and all religious questions taken to their extreme end. If you're wondering how speaking the universe into existence actually works, you're a heretic . . . The concept of 'God did it' can be used to create unfalsifiable theories. A creationist need never doubt creation because God could have made anything.”<br />
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Yes, and so could the Flying Spaghetti Monster.<br />
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And so today, ‘Goddidit’ goes on evoking the same old fictions as they are drawn from the book of futility that is creationism and brainless ‘intelligent design’.